Vinted
Secondary Market in 2024
Vinted operates an online marketplace intended to make second-hand the first choice. Its platform offers a peer-to-peer marketplace for girls and women to buy, sell, and swap clothes with an online chatting feature, enabling users to shop with ease at low cost.
Qualifyze
Series B in 2024
Qualifyze GmbH operates an online B2B matching platform that connects buyers and sellers of raw materials, primarily serving the pharmaceutical and food industries. Founded in 2017 and based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the company provides access to a comprehensive database of audit reports from manufacturers, laboratories, and distributors. Its platform allows users to search for ingredients, review supplier audits for informed decision-making, and explore customized ingredient alternatives based on quality requirements. Additionally, Qualifyze supports pharmaceutical companies by offering insights into supplier compliance through a cloud-based system that captures and analyzes audit data. With a global network of over 200 local auditors and more than 1,000 clients, Qualifyze is recognized for its extensive database of supplier compliance information, helping healthcare partners monitor and optimize their quality and sustainability efforts effectively.
Wallapop is a mobile marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand goods, primarily through its app. Utilizing geo-localized technology, it connects a vibrant community of around 15 million users, allowing them to trade items that are no longer needed. With over 180 million items exchanged on the platform, Wallapop offers access to unique products at competitive prices while promoting sustainability by extending the life of functional goods. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, enabling customers to publish advertisements from both mobile devices and computers. Founded in 2013 in Barcelona by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive, Wallapop has consistently focused on innovation within the online classifieds and second-hand market. It is supported by a range of investors, including Korelya Capital and NAVER.
Modern Milkman
Series C in 2022
Modern Milkman is a grocery delivery service focused on minimizing waste through a return-and-reuse model. The company delivers a variety of products, including fresh milk, breakfast items, milkshakes, fruit juice, eggs, butter, cream, bakery goods, vegetable boxes, coffee, tea, household products, and soft drinks. These items are packaged in returnable glass bottles, reusable containers, or recyclable packaging, allowing consumers to reduce their reliance on plastic. By sourcing groceries from local farmers, Modern Milkman promotes ethical shopping while providing a convenient delivery service that aligns with environmentally conscious consumer habits.
Container xChange
Venture Round in 2022
xChange is a neutral online platform for one-way container moves, enabling users to (a) use 3rd party ocean containers for their freight and (b) supply their containers to others in order to save on empty repo costs In doing that we are not a broker but a fully neutral online platform, putting participants in direct contact with the users and suppliers. We not only add value by opening up a vast network of partners but also by streamlining processes, replacing manual work, and simplifying contractual relations. Key functionalities for users of xChange include: ↣ Global transparency of container needs & requirements ↣ Automated identification of possible transactions ↣ End-to-end online process support ↣ Intuitive graphic interface with search & filters ↣ Online data management and logging ↣ Integrated reporting
CookUnity
Series B in 2021
CookUnity LLC is a personalized meal subscription platform that connects independent chefs with food enthusiasts. Founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers a service that allows customers to customize their meals from a diverse selection of fully prepared dishes made with sustainably sourced ingredients and seasonal produce. The platform caters to busy individuals seeking healthy dining options, enabling them to order handcrafted meals that are delivered directly to their doorsteps. Chefs curate a rotating menu based on seasonal ingredients, ensuring a fresh and varied dining experience for subscribers.
Chrono24 GmbH is an online marketplace specializing in luxury and collector's watches for both men and women. Founded in 2003 and based in Karlsruhe, Germany, the platform connects buyers and sellers on a global scale, listing over 500,000 watches from more than 3,000 professional dealers and 30,000 private sellers. Chrono24 caters to a diverse audience, attracting over 20 million watch enthusiasts monthly from over 120 countries. The marketplace offers a wide range of timepieces, including chronograph, pilot, automatic, and mechanical watches, facilitating an accessible and user-friendly experience for customers looking to buy or sell luxury watches.
SmartRecruiters
Series E in 2021
SmartRecruiters, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive talent acquisition platform that facilitates the recruitment process for businesses. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a suite of services including applicant tracking, candidate sourcing, recruitment marketing, and collaborative hiring. Its platform is designed to optimize the hiring process, allowing organizations to engage and hire candidates efficiently. SmartRecruiters also features an open marketplace for third-party recruitment services, enhancing its functionality. The company has established additional offices in Kraków, Berlin, London, and Paris, expanding its global reach while maintaining a focus on delivering innovative recruitment solutions.
Saks.com
Private Equity Round in 2021
Saks is an e-commerce company that aims to expand its customer base in the growing online luxury fashion market. The team's fashion expertise combined with a renewed digital focus will provide customers with an unmatched shopping experience. It was established by Saks Fifth Avenue's e-commerce business as a standalone entity. The company makes strategic investments to evolve and expand its online experience. These investments will bolster Saks’ already well-established digital business, starting with strengthening its service model through elevated styling capabilities and data-driven personalization. Ultimately, Saks will feature a hybrid retail and marketplace platform, expanding its assortment while maintaining a curated experience.
Wallapop is a mobile marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand goods, primarily through its app. Utilizing geo-localized technology, it connects a vibrant community of around 15 million users, allowing them to trade items that are no longer needed. With over 180 million items exchanged on the platform, Wallapop offers access to unique products at competitive prices while promoting sustainability by extending the life of functional goods. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, enabling customers to publish advertisements from both mobile devices and computers. Founded in 2013 in Barcelona by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive, Wallapop has consistently focused on innovation within the online classifieds and second-hand market. It is supported by a range of investors, including Korelya Capital and NAVER.
inDrive is a global mobility and urban services platform that operates in 888 cities across 48 countries. The inDrive app has been downloaded over 240 million times, becoming the second most downloaded mobility app in 2022 and 2023. The company offers a range of services, including ride-hailing, intercity transportation, freight delivery, task assistance, and courier services. Unique to inDrive is its bid-style pricing model, allowing passengers to propose fares that drivers can accept, promoting a fair and flexible transaction process. Beyond its core business, inDrive is dedicated to social impact, aiming to positively influence the lives of one billion people by 2030 through its fair pricing strategy and community programs managed by its non-profit arm, inVision. These initiatives focus on education, gender equality, and other essential social causes.
Vinted operates an online marketplace intended to make second-hand the first choice. Its platform offers a peer-to-peer marketplace for girls and women to buy, sell, and swap clothes with an online chatting feature, enabling users to shop with ease at low cost.
SmartRecruiters
Series D in 2019
SmartRecruiters, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive talent acquisition platform that facilitates the recruitment process for businesses. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a suite of services including applicant tracking, candidate sourcing, recruitment marketing, and collaborative hiring. Its platform is designed to optimize the hiring process, allowing organizations to engage and hire candidates efficiently. SmartRecruiters also features an open marketplace for third-party recruitment services, enhancing its functionality. The company has established additional offices in Kraków, Berlin, London, and Paris, expanding its global reach while maintaining a focus on delivering innovative recruitment solutions.
Letgo is a mobile platform that simplifies the buying and selling of local goods, boasting over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings. Founded in 2015, the app features a diverse marketplace that includes electronics, cars, collectibles, housing, clothing, and furniture. It employs innovative technology, such as image recognition, to streamline the listing process, allowing users to take a photo of an item, with the app automatically suggesting a title, price, and category. Letgo also enables instant and private communication between buyers and sellers, facilitating a user-friendly experience for those looking to declutter or find great deals nearby. The app's design and functionality have contributed to its status as one of America's most popular platforms for local transactions.
SmartRecruiters
Series C in 2016
SmartRecruiters, Inc. is a provider of a comprehensive talent acquisition platform that facilitates the recruitment process for businesses. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a suite of services including applicant tracking, candidate sourcing, recruitment marketing, and collaborative hiring. Its platform is designed to optimize the hiring process, allowing organizations to engage and hire candidates efficiently. SmartRecruiters also features an open marketplace for third-party recruitment services, enhancing its functionality. The company has established additional offices in Kraków, Berlin, London, and Paris, expanding its global reach while maintaining a focus on delivering innovative recruitment solutions.
Letgo is a mobile platform that simplifies the buying and selling of local goods, boasting over 100 million downloads and 400 million listings. Founded in 2015, the app features a diverse marketplace that includes electronics, cars, collectibles, housing, clothing, and furniture. It employs innovative technology, such as image recognition, to streamline the listing process, allowing users to take a photo of an item, with the app automatically suggesting a title, price, and category. Letgo also enables instant and private communication between buyers and sellers, facilitating a user-friendly experience for those looking to declutter or find great deals nearby. The app's design and functionality have contributed to its status as one of America's most popular platforms for local transactions.
Chrono24 GmbH is an online marketplace specializing in luxury and collector's watches for both men and women. Founded in 2003 and based in Karlsruhe, Germany, the platform connects buyers and sellers on a global scale, listing over 500,000 watches from more than 3,000 professional dealers and 30,000 private sellers. Chrono24 caters to a diverse audience, attracting over 20 million watch enthusiasts monthly from over 120 countries. The marketplace offers a wide range of timepieces, including chronograph, pilot, automatic, and mechanical watches, facilitating an accessible and user-friendly experience for customers looking to buy or sell luxury watches.
SpareFoot
Series D in 2015
SpareFoot is the largest online marketplace for storage, making it easier to move and store your stuff. Our website lets you find and compare the best storage deals near you, and instantly rent online or by phone for free. With the most up-to-date information on storage available, SpareFoot makes finding your stuff a home the easiest thing to cross off your to-do list.
DaWanda
Venture Round in 2015
DaWanda GmbH operates an online marketplace based in Berlin, Germany, specializing in unique and handmade items. Founded in December 2006, the platform connects professional artisans, artists, and designers with consumers seeking distinctive products. Its extensive portfolio includes clothing, footwear, accessories, furniture, toys, homeware, and decorative materials. Users can easily navigate the site by filtering searches based on various criteria, including product category, price, and occasion. DaWanda also offers a section for gift ideas tailored to specific recipients and interests, enhancing the shopping experience. In addition to its retail offerings, the platform features DIY tutorials, further engaging its community. DaWanda serves as a vibrant hub for creativity and craftsmanship, promoting both individual sellers and unique products.
Elo7 is a Brazilian online marketplace specializing in the buying and selling of handmade products. It serves as a platform that connects sellers and buyers who appreciate handicrafts and unique handmade goods, fostering a positive e-commerce environment. Elo7's offerings include a diverse range of items such as handmade jewelry, clothing, belts, photo frames, and bags, all aimed at providing customers with traditional products at reasonable prices. By leveraging technology, Elo7 seeks to enhance the online commerce experience for its users while promoting the growth of the handmade goods market.
Wallapop is a mobile marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand goods, primarily through its app. Utilizing geo-localized technology, it connects a vibrant community of around 15 million users, allowing them to trade items that are no longer needed. With over 180 million items exchanged on the platform, Wallapop offers access to unique products at competitive prices while promoting sustainability by extending the life of functional goods. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, enabling customers to publish advertisements from both mobile devices and computers. Founded in 2013 in Barcelona by Agustin Gomez, Miguel Vicente, and Gerard Olive, Wallapop has consistently focused on innovation within the online classifieds and second-hand market. It is supported by a range of investors, including Korelya Capital and NAVER.
Intent is a data science company that specializes in providing predictive intelligence solutions for leading online travel and commerce brands. Its patented technology enables real-time predictions of user behavior and assesses the future value of each user. Over 450 brands, including well-known names such as Priceline, Expedia, and TripAdvisor, rely on Intent's predictions to enhance user experiences and optimize return on investment. The company has established itself as a key player in the industry, focusing on delivering personalized services that meet the evolving needs of consumers in the online marketplace.
Invaluable
Series D in 2014
Invaluable, LLC is a prominent online auction marketplace specializing in fine art, antiques, and collectibles. Established in 1989 and headquartered in Allston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in several countries, Invaluable collaborates with over 4,000 leading auction houses, dealers, and galleries worldwide. The platform facilitates connections between buyers from 200 countries and various categories of items, including fine art, decorative arts, jewelry, and a wide range of collectibles. Invaluable offers advanced online bidding technology and a fixed-price retail platform, empowering sellers with comprehensive e-commerce and marketing solutions as well as auction management software. Recognized as one of the fastest-growing e-commerce sites in the art sector, Invaluable continues to enhance its offerings to meet the needs of both buyers and sellers in the global market.
Storable
Venture Round in 2014
Storable is a provider of self-storage management software used to help storage operators increase efficiency and improve profitability. The company's comprehensive suite of technology products is known as the Storable Platform. Its Storable Platform delivers management software, marketing websites, tenant insurance, payments, and the industry’s largest storage marketplace all in one integrated solution.
SpareFoot
Series C in 2014
SpareFoot is the largest online marketplace for storage, making it easier to move and store your stuff. Our website lets you find and compare the best storage deals near you, and instantly rent online or by phone for free. With the most up-to-date information on storage available, SpareFoot makes finding your stuff a home the easiest thing to cross off your to-do list.
Vinted operates an online marketplace intended to make second-hand the first choice. Its platform offers a peer-to-peer marketplace for girls and women to buy, sell, and swap clothes with an online chatting feature, enabling users to shop with ease at low cost.
B2B-Center
Private Equity Round in 2012
B2B-Center is the operator of a major e-procurement marketplace in Russia. B2B-Center platform enables businesses both to sell and purchase products and services, thus extending sales channels for suppliers and improving sourcing and procurement efficiency. Daily contracts value on B2B-Center is between USD $70-300 mn, with an average transaction amount of USD $200,000. As of today, more than 80% of the business sector's e-trade in Russia takes place on B2B-Center, of which the clients are over 343,000 companies from nearly 100 countries.
Elo7 is a Brazilian online marketplace specializing in the buying and selling of handmade products. It serves as a platform that connects sellers and buyers who appreciate handicrafts and unique handmade goods, fostering a positive e-commerce environment. Elo7's offerings include a diverse range of items such as handmade jewelry, clothing, belts, photo frames, and bags, all aimed at providing customers with traditional products at reasonable prices. By leveraging technology, Elo7 seeks to enhance the online commerce experience for its users while promoting the growth of the handmade goods market.
Threadless
Venture Round in 2006
Developer of an online shopping platform designed to offer a creative community for artists and an e-commerce portal for shoppers. The company's platform brings together apparel designers to compete for the production of their design and offers a full lineup of apparel, accessories, home decor, and footwear canvases, enabling consumers to shop from a variety of items featuring designs created by independent artists.